One Thing that Every Employee Needs to Know
Committed, engaged employees are the lifeblood of every organization. The Five Friends share insights on the one thing that leaders must make sure to communicate.
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Jul, 2016
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Jul, 2016
Don’t Be A Technology Company … Unless You Are One
Old-school, non-tech companies in every industry are wondering if they should reinvent themselves as technology companies. Conference presentations and business articles are telling them that there is no other choice considering the pervasive, disruptive presence [...]
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Jun, 2016
Disrupted? Being Down Doesn’t Mean You Are Out
Taxi companies have been knocked down by ride sharing companies wielding technology and ease that customers adore. To paraphrase Mark Twain, however, the death of taxi cabs and taxi companies has been greatly exaggerated. Across [...]
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Jun, 2016
How Do You Market Your Business When You Are Short on Funds?
Attracting new business doesn't stop even when you are short on funds. The Five Friends share insights on how to keep generating business without a huge financial investment. [...]
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Jun, 2016
Is Passion Really What We Need to Succeed?
If you want to succeed, you have to be passionate about your work. It has to be true. Motivational speakers around the globe say so. The prestigious consulting firm Deloitte quantified it in a report [...]
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May, 2016
Want to Flourish in the Future? It’s Time to Add a Nimble Mindset
You can’t influence – much less control – many of the variables that will affect your future. There is one, however, that is totally within your control. Your mindset, the perspective and thinking through which [...]
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May, 2016
Leading Without a Common Why
You’ve heard it for years—a clear, compelling, and shared purpose is the driving force for building and sustaining a high-performing organization. It provides the “why” that serves as the North Star guiding every action and [...]
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May, 2016
How to Engage Your Staff
Engaged employees lead to increased profits, increased customer satisfaction and loyalty, fewer safety incidents, and lower turnover. The Five Friends share ideas on how you and your organization can earn the discretionary effort and commitment [...]
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Apr, 2016
Advice for Anyone Thinking About Starting a Business
Thinking about starting a business? The Five Friends share ideas that you need to remember if you want it to be successful.
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Apr, 2016
One Thing Every Entrepreneur Should Remember
The Five Friends weigh in with lessons that every entrepreneur should never forget. These lessons apply if you own a business, run a business, or manage a team within a business. [...]
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Apr, 2016
From Good to Gone: Three Ways Your Business Is Shooting Itself in the Foot
Sooner or later, your business will probably die. The statistics for a start-up business are well known—50 percent fail within the first five years. Even the biggest companies are not immune from eventual obsolescence, however. [...]
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Mar, 2016
Be Aware and Apprehensive Not Afraid
The scariest change and potential disruption on the horizon is the one that you never see coming. The most effective leaders and organizations minimize the potential for chaos by operating in a positive state of [...]
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Mar, 2016
What Makes You Relevant?
Intelligent machines replacing humans in the workplace is no longer science fiction. Research from McKinsey & Company reports that as much as 45 percent of the individual work activities can be accomplished with artificial intelligence, [...]
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Mar, 2016
How Perspective, Perception, and Baggage Inhibit Change
My father had a problem. He was the shop manager for the International Harvester tractor and truck dealership in the small town where I grew up, and his staff was upset about their pay. There [...]
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Feb, 2016
What Keeps Us Slow When We Want to Be Faster?
This message has been around for years: Speed is essential to flourish in a world where past success only ensures that you used to be relevant. Your organization needs to be faster to market, quicker [...]